Sign device



Jan. l, 1935. A, Al PERRY ET AL SIGN DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed July 5, 1933 ATTORNEY.

Jan. l, 1935. A. A. PERRY ET AL SIGN DEVICE Filed July 5, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 3,0 .meansen thesDafts belevvvthemn y nArsene A Our `-in ventiorr ,relates-to in'iprov ees..` and more 1' particularly; t sign, device intended for.. ..useas e.

p prices, and capable `of changeffto. correspondfto .Anobieet iourinve tion is tenrovideaisien device Vfin; `which .fractional A prices may fbe .dis-` niexedend in which..the .Whole figures and the fractional: rieures may :bevaried at; wilLarid `irl- 19 .dependently of each-Other. i if '..filrtherebieetfoitour .invention iisitogpro.-

' .eisueh a sien .fievee. Whehiwill display .identical.` or :the same, epriees. `en leash :side-'thereef et all times, and .se arranged that .the prices Qn le one .side :cannet be changed.` witheutalse @haneinefthem .en the opposite side lserifespOriiiiiely.

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Fig. 8 is apartial, elevational View of thecur-` tain having printed thereon Whole numbers, `and o0 Fig. 9 is a View similar toFig." 8, showingthe Perryand Hel-1inA rvA;Wieijiir, f u S11ringiield;l Mass.. i

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l areseiiareted bythedividing metaistrip. 1,4,uand

theionenings. :1,2 @1101.13 .are .similarly separated; lhemopenines `f1.0 and `=11 are aeoveredfwith @the treinsparentsheet Theld in the; `frame.r16wl1ieh is; fseenred to the :side 11:3.. in ,any :suitable manner,

such ,las i screws., solder,...orsp.ot welding;` :sfhe

openings i12 and '.:13 rane. ooverediin-a ,similar ,man-

.blysecuredithe shaits 19and ?20,;which lare held in place With the pins ,Goilprings :122;and JZIiareiloosely-supported .on ithegishafts 'maand-20.- Biollersgiiand r25,vfformed :Nvithxfaxial openings 26 and `.1257, lare iloosely n)mounted .on1..the spring memb'erxZZ, and rrollers 28 :and 29, formed iwith .axial ionen'ings -130 :and `3,1, .are .loosely rmountedion limer-.eis refer `te like parts throiieh- 1 ieeriinrfises .theffranie ,rertieri l ,.Dert .endssi-and-tonmeiriber;5-;'Iiief i. ine-2i medeirem as iriele strip ef. .sheetmetai the spring "member 23. 'Ifhefirollers `.24 y.a.nd25, i

lioiirtains, irnounted` one. thesesrollers. A `bent .Lend

'infiai simiiaremanner-:injthe outer, .en d ofthemoller i 25; yLTlie'iends lot ,thespringi 23 :are secured-in: a alike `manner to "the, rollers 28 and; 29.

rated bysthe guard washer.43. `vuKriurledfknolris 44 :andiiarez'secured tothe shaftsf36 andtzgflure- ',speotivelylgion the.outside-pfathe,rendi unember',

andfiseiweiasiimeans `Y-ior mianually` operating :the A shafts 36 and 3.75%

=Inutile;.embodimentofigiliir invention;i1lustrated -prices ,fand thal otherihali rior.: thef display iofairac tional inunibers, ,as of, prices. ..=..ther, combina tions are possible such as whole numbers and decimal parts thereof, letters and figures, feet and inches, etc. Continuous strips of cloth, paper, or other suitable material are provided, hav- .eur

ing printed thereon the desired symbols. For vthe purpose of displaying whole numbers and fractions thereof, as indicated in the drawings,

tional numbers 51 in consecutive sequence, are ',used. On the strips 46 and 49, the figures ,read Ifrom top to bottom, as indicated inv Fig. 8,`'and on the strips 47 and 50, thefgures `readxfrom bottom to top, as indicated in Fig. 9. .This is,l

indicated in Fig. 1, by the. arrows 52 and-53'.

When the knob 44 is turned, therollers38`and 39' are operated. This causes the strips- 46- tb be woundA onto, or. off, of the rollers 38 and 24. At the same timeg-tne strip 471s wound to or oif rollers 25 and 39. By reason of the coiled spring-22,

atautl-leifec'zt, is provided which vautomaticallyy maintains the strips-46 and 47 taut,or stretched, inorder to prevent wrinkles therein. This condition of the strpsis maintained, whether or not the rollers 38, 24, 25 and 39 areturned, vor rotated, ineither direction. When the lowe'r knob 45 is turned, the rollers 41, 42, 29 and 28 are rotated. The'strips 49 and .50,having fractional gures thereon, will be moved. This causes roller 29 to be rotated.- through the spring-23, andvretained in place-with the coiled spring' 23.- The springs 22 and 23 operate'l to rotate the alignedrollers 2 4, 25, and 28 and 29inopposite directions;

-*-I t will be .'seen, therefore, that, wh'enthe knob '44-is' turned, the strips- 46 and 47, ywhich are located'on the'opposites, or faces of the casing', are moved at the same time, and .in opposite directions of travel. Also, when the knob 45 is moved, the-'fractionalstrips 49and 50 are'moved at the same-time, and in vopposite directions of travel.

' This arrangementlmakes thelnumerals on'the sign strip'slreadable from leftto right hand, on the opposite faces of thesign. 1 An'-electric-lightbulb 52` is provided through thecable 53. ;A'wire gauzes54 prevents the strips from coming into contact withthe bulb and burn- .ing-"the same.' .Suitablefspacesp55 and 56Sare .provided for signenames, or other readablematter.

vWhat we clairnisz-A y f" l. :A vprice display signcomprising'in combina.- tio'n,:a;. casing; fixed and. movable shafts therein, .alplurality of aligned rollers therein and loosely themovable shafts, strips. secured to the said roll- .ersland bearingnumerals" thereon, the v'aligned "rollerszhaving spring devices connected .to their :extremenuter ends .for maintainingjthe strips will sV i V 3. A display signcomprising in combination,a

Vcasin'ghaving openings in yits opposite sides,

4spaced rollers the casing,strips attached to the said-:spaced rollers, some of the rollers being drivingones` and'r the. others ydriven through fthe attached strips, spring means on the drivenl rollers only and attached to their extreme outer ends for rendering the strips taut at all times.

[41A device for indicatingprices'in'whole and fractional numbersy comprisingfva i casing having an opening in its opposite sides, two driving rollers'- in its lower end and located one above the votlrentwo driven rollers in its upper end, located one above the other, strips connecting the rollers .bearing prices thereon, the strip that is movable .land visible in one opening serving to simultanelously operate Vthe diagonally disposed strip in 'mountedonsaid iixedshaft's, rollers securedto Vthe opening ofthe opposite side and in the opposite direction, said stripsr being movable in opposite directions, as described, and spring means for maintaining the oppositev strips Vtaub-"fixed shafts on Ywhich the upper rollers are located and the spring beingattached tothe rollers at their extreme outer endsx-V4 5. A device for indicating prices in wholea'nd fractionalnumbers comprising la casing "having an openingl in its opposite sides, two driving rollers in its' lower end and two driven rollers in its upper end,`- strips connecting the rollers bearing prices thereon, the strip that isvl movable and visible in one opening serving-to simultaneously operate'the diagonally disposed strip in theA opening 'of the opposite side, said strips being movable in opposite directions, as described, andspring means on-the driven rollers for tensioning the strips, thel'construction and arrangement-being such that the whole numbersv and fractional numbers will read from left to right and the same on both sidesfof thecasing. f combination, in a price display sign, Aor the like, a casing member having a pluralityof openings'inits opposite sides, Va'plurality of rollers in the casing, upper and lower shafts on which thefrollers` are mounted, strips on the rollers, located for travel opposite' the openings, the upper rollers beingloose on their shafts and the lower -rollers being fxedto their shafts, means' `for connecting the upper' rollers together, means for operating the rollers and strips thereon fromA the -shafts-- on which the rollers are xed, the strips that are diagonally` located relative to each other lonopposite sides of the casing being simultane- "ously moved and in opposite directions, some o f the strips bearing whole numbers andthe others fractional numbers, whereby the said numbers will read from left'to right on the opposite'sides and will display the same numbers on the opposite sides of the casings through the openings.

a' 7. A.' changeable sign vdevice comprising. in combination, a casing havingopenings in its opposite sides, two fixed and two rotatableshafts in the casing, two alignedv rollers'loosely located von each of the xed shafts, means for spacing, the

rollers from each other, a spring on each'- of the 

